The Barnegat High School Bengals’ chance at capturingtheir first state football championship fell by the wayside Nov. 14 in a 28-7 defeat on the road against Buena in the opening round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II playoffs.

The Bengals (7-3) found out the hard way that you can’t score when the offense is not on the field. The Chiefs (10-0) began the game by scoring on two time-consuming drives that resulted in touchdown runs of3 yardsand1 yard by junior Quadir Albright.